Wonkette

So diplomacy, force, or entreaties aren’t dissuading impressionable, hot-headed young Muslims from signing up as suicide bombers in Iraq. Maybe some Matrix-style bullet-time graphics will do the trick! Word is the Iraqi government spendt about a million dollars producing this anti-suicide bomber PSA. With that budget, they should have gone after Billy Zane, or at least Gary Busey: MORE »

• On DC’s new curfew: “It’s not that city officials want to play parent to every kid in the district. It’s just that, gosh, turns out law enforcement professionals are better parents .” [Hit&Run]
• America is bad at jobs. [Eschaton]
• “The chorus calling for Syrian involvement in crafting a Lebanon ceasefire solution now includes Richard Armitage, Warren Christopher, and Mr. Flat World himself, Tom Friedman. ” [Political Animal]
• Report from the Promise Keepers meeting — it was titled “Unleashed,” and involved clips from The Matrix. [Slice of Laodicea]